Family values: 75% of U.S. adults live within one hour's drive of their parents.
The average person laughs 7 to 8 times a day.
If a pack-a-day smoker inhaled a week's worth of nicotine all at once, he would die instantly.
According to many psychologists, fingernail biting is an sign of stubbornness.
More shoplifters are arrested on Wednesdays in January than at any other time of the year.
Theere's enough salt in the world's oceans to cover the entire U.S. with a layer 1 1/2 miles deep.
Louis XIV had 40 wigmakers...and approximately 1,000 wigs.
Austin, Dallas, and Houston are all Scottish surnames.
Benjamin Franklin said, "Early to bed, earlt to rise," but was famous for staying up all night.
California is tfirst state to send two women to the U.S. Senate at the same time.
America has three times as many animal shelters as shelters for victims of domestic violence.
When Geroge Washington died in 1799, Napoleon ordered 10 days of mourning in France.
Some Egyptian mummies wore dentures.
What country do Americans look up most often in the World Book Encyclopedia? Canada.
Among many other things, Thomas Jefferson is the inventor of the calendar clock.
A column of air 1 inch square and 600 miles hihg weighs about 15 pounds.
If you have a dog, put flea powder in your vacuum cleaner bag. (lots of flea eggs there.)
The U.S. generates 30% of the world's nuclear power. France is #2 at 17%.
The average cat brain is as big as a marble; the average ostrich's eyes are as big as tennis balls.
Good news? Marrages lasting more then 13years are more likely to end in death then divorce.
American tables set with salt and pepper; in Hungary it's salt and paprika.
Uneven stats: There are about 10,700 births and 5,700 deaths every day in the United States.
Q: What kind of wood is used to make Scrabble letters? A: vermont Maple.
The stirrup, the tiniest bone in your body (it's in your ear), is smaller than an ant.
Tehe automobile "population" of Seoul, South Korea, Increases by 800 cars every day.
25% of U.S. perscription drugs contain compounds from plants.
The world's smallest countries would easily fit inside of Walt Disney World.
At one English bed-andbreakfast, visitors get to take home "a free bootload of manure."
The average office Christmas party is attended by 75% of a company's employees.
Most Expensive cith in the world for grocery shopping: Tokyo.
Q: What do you call a person who assembles the underparts of a pianos? A: The "belly builder."
Norway has the lowest murder rate of any nation on earth.
Commonsense fact: Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
You're born with 300 bones, but have 206 as an adult. The others fuse together.
Vampire bats use rivers to navigate. They smell the animal blood in the water and follow it.
Birth of the dimpled ball: Golfers noticed that old, dented balls flew farther than new ones.
5% of Americans think "espresso" is an overnght delivery service.
Q: What is the Levator Lbii Superioris Alaeque Nasi? A: It's the Muscle you use to smile.
Most popular pizza topping in South Korea: Tuna.
The Graham cracker was named after Dr. Sylvester Graham.
Exxon made 14.5 million in profits every day in 1993, more than any other U.S. company.
Yuck! 70% of the dust in your house is skin your family members (including pets) have shed.
It takes a sark about a week to drow a new set of teeth.
The Byrds say they wrote "eight Miles High" about an airplane ride.
Did you seeit? A 1965 movie was called Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter.
